23. Janāʾiz (Funerals)

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23.65 The recitation of Surah Al-Fathiha in the funeral Salat

٢٣۔٦٥ باب قِرَاءَةِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ عَلَى الْجَنَازَةِ

[Machine] And Al-Hasan said: He recites Al-Fatiha (the opening chapter of the Quran) upon the child and says: "O Allah, make him a source of joy for us, and a predecessor for us, and a reward for us."

وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى الطِّفْلِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا فَرَطًا وَسَلَفًا وَأَجْرًا.

bukhari:1335 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Saʿd > Ṭalḥah > Ṣallayt Khalf Ibn ʿAbbās > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ṭalḥah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwf > Ṣallayt Khalf Ibn ʿAbbās > Janāzah Faqaraʾ Bifātiḥah al-Kitāb > Liyaʿlamūā

I offered the funeral prayer behind Ibn ʿAbbas and he recited Al-Fatiha and said, "You should know that it (i.e. recitation of Al-Fatiha) is the tradition of the Prophet ﷺ Muhammad.  

البخاري:١٣٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ لِيَعْلَمُوا

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